Or so I heard the other day over lunch from Patricia Routledge, best known as television's appalling social climber, Hyacinth Bucket.

If you're sniffy about camping, consider two things: you're not Hyacinth Bucket, and you'll save lots of money to spend on fine French food.

Onslow is a working class brother-in-law of the social-climbing snob, Hyacinth Bucket.

Hyacinth Bucket (which she pronounces "Bouquet"), is a middle-aged woman, married to Richard, who is a local government finance officer.

In films & television, Hyacinth Bucket, protagonist of Keeping Up Appearances, is a more recent example.

The main character, Hyacinth Bucket, gets into a telephone argument with a bakery employee.

A famous example of a back seat driver is Hyacinth Bucket on the British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances.

Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet), the snobbish social climber, was constantly intent on out-doing her friends and neighbours.

The comedy character Hyacinth Bucket is a satirical stereotype for this social group.

He is the father of the central character, the social-climbing snob Hyacinth Bucket, and one of the two actors who portrayed him is George Webb.